Retrievers Set Personal, Season and School Bests at Penn State Relays

STATE COLLEGE, PA. – Competing for the first time in 2012,
the UMBC track and field team set multiple records Saturday at the
Penn State Relays.

Junior Trae
Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) picked up his first
win of the season, claiming gold in the 60m hurdles. His
time of 8.03 ranks second on UMBC's all-time list and qualifies him
for the IC4A Championships in March.

Also qualifying for the regional meet, the men's 4x800
relay ran a 7:50.16 to earn a bid to Boston. In the
field events, junior Cameron
McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) set a new personal
best in the weight throw, finishing second in the event with a
throw of 17.47m (57'3.75") to earn a trip as well.

Freshman Mercedes Jackson (Huntington, Md./Huntington)
continued to impress early on in her college career, running a 7.50
60m dash, lowering her own school record. Jackson set
the school record in her first collegiate meet back in December at
the Bucknell Opener.

Jackson was also part of a duo of Retrievers to write their
name on the 200m list. Leading the way with a time of
24.88, the freshman ranks third on the school's all-time list while
fellow freshman Briana Young (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton) sits at
eighth (25.48).

In addition, sophomore Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg) won her
heat and finished seventh overall, setting a new personal-best in
the 500m with a time of 1:16.55.

Meanwhile in the distance events, freshman Mary Katherine Kulp (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) wrote
her name in the record book as well, finishing fourth at Penn State
in the 1000m. Finishing in a time of 3:07.44, Kulp
places her name at No. 8 on UMBC's list.

The Retrievers return to the track next weekend when they head
to New York for the Gotham Cup on Friday, Jan. 13.